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Actually, now I'm not sure I want to use a computer for the source. I'm aiming for a constant-height setup, with a 2.35:1 screen. If I can get a computer to stretch all the images to fill the full height of the display, I can use a lens to stretch it back out. But I don't see any way to do...

Okay, on to something else. I've decided that I'm going to computerize my house. Everywhere in the house will be networked, and all my DVDs will be accessible through the network. At each location that has a TV, there will also be a computer connected to the network and equipped with DVD...

I used to work at a movie theater and helped once with a complete renovation of the place. I noticed then that real movie screens are some kind of stretchy plasticky material that is stretched over a really big frame. Can this fabric be purchased anywhere? I noticed it has little holes in it...

MDF? For walls? I would never have thought of that. Is that a better material for sound than sheetrock? That would actually work better for what I'd want to do, I guess. I want to use carpeting and cloth to cover most of the walls, and I think that would be an easier job if they were MDF rather...

Okay, this is getting good now. I have a modest understanding of what you're talking about with standing waves and bass absorption, but to clarify what you're suggesting, tapered walls? So the walls are slanted in toward the room as they go up to the ceiling? 1":12" would mean that a 10' ceiling...

Yeah, you're probably right. The floor is going to be recessed already, 2 feet lower than the floors for the adjacent rooms. Also, since the adjacent floor are higher, then the walls for those rooms will also start higher. So out of necessity, I will actually have the walls inside my theater...

Okay, well, I've already kind of settled on the InFocus ScreenPlay 4805 for now (it's very budget-friendly, and sounds like a good start for someone who's never had a home theater before). And what I've read tells me it needs to be about 18 feet away from the screen to project the size I want...

Thanks, Michael, but I'm really not worried about the others. I'm a mainstream watcher, and the only things I've ever seen are 4:3, 16:9, and 2.35:1. I'd be very happy to have a system that makes those three look good, and to tell you the truth, I'm not even worried much about the 4:3...

No way. How did you find out it was $500 at Staples on Friday? (I haven't seen the ad.) Is that like $1000 then $500 rebates? That is awesome. I don't suppose that's available for that price on Staples.com? While I'm at it, where do you buy the panamorph 752? I see it on Panamorph's website...

Okay, sorry I haven't waited for anyone to respond, but I've been looking for a combination of things that will do what I want, and I'm having trouble finding it. I went to Panamorph's site and on their "Overview" page, they describe 3 application modes. My vision of my home theater would...

Okay, that's cool. I found panamorph's site and I think I understand how it works. And for $500, it sounds like a great idea. But tell me again why a 576-line DVD would look better scaled to 720 lines. 576 does not divide evenly into 720, so each frame is going to have to have some lines...

Okay, so to view a 2.35:1 show without wasting any resolution, the projector would have to use the full height of its video chip, and the anamorphic lens would stretch it out wider. Great. That makes sense to me. I don't suppose there are projectors out there that have all that built-in, so that...

Wow, I guess you're right. And I was thinking of doing an even bigger screen, so there's a real big reason to keep the front row back as far as I can. I was just trying to make it as much like a real theater as I can, and every one I've seen has the screen almost as wide as the room. My room...

I hear all kinds of things about how this or that projector has a great picture in its native resolution but stinks if it has to scale anything. I was just wondering if any projector out there has an optical solution to this problem? My vision of the solution would be to start with the...

First, let me introduce myself. I've been a dreamer for many years, only wishing that some day I'd have the chance to build a custom home theater of my own. I took a baby step about a year ago when I bought a HTIB. (There wasn't much point in going any further than that--nowhere to put it.) I...